Word: abolitionism
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Total abolition of prison still remains somewhat fanciful. As Illinois Psychiatrist Marvin Ziporyn observes, "We have some wolves among the human population. The prison system still contains 50% aggressive criminals." Some would quarrel with his percentage, but no expert argues that all the walls should come down. The point, says...
All four Nixon appointees dissented, mainly on the ground that the abolition of execution is the business of legislatures, not judges. Indeed, a number of state officials greeted the court action with calls for new legislation to restore capital punishment. As for the 601 convicts on death row, Powell said...
The McGovernites, superbly organized under the new party rules, have swept to control in state after state, leaving the regular party workers stunned and sometimes apoplectic. In a sense, the McGovernites are, abruptly, the party's establishment now, and some of them, more intransigent and radical than their candidate...
Among union members there is a widespread feeling that, through the abolition of the STS program, the increased third-year tuition, and other measures, the University is attempting to solve its financial problems by "tightening its belt around graduate students' necks."
*abolition of the uniform for which they must pay;